big toe

noun

: the innermost and largest toe of the foot

called also great toe

Examples of big toe in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Use your hands to manually stretch the big toe back, forward, and in small circles. — Jennifer Klump, Verywell Health, 17 July 2026

Machado was back in the lineup after sitting out Wednesday, a night after fouling a ball off his left big toe. — ABC News, 10 July 2026

Focusing on the arch, roll the ball from your big toe to your heel and back, then from the middle toe to the heel and back, then from the pinky toe to the heel and back. — Mallory Creveling, Health, 9 July 2026

Opossums have opposable big toes on the hind foot, so the tracks will look like little hands with widely-spread fingers. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 1 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1699, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for big toe

• beau
• beaut
• beaux
• blow
• bro
• coe
• crow
• doe
• doh
• dough
• eau
• eaux

Kids Definition

big toe

noun

: the innermost and largest toe of the foot

Medical Definition

big toe

noun

ˌbig- 

: the innermost and largest digit of the foot

called also great toe